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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Aramaic הָ־ (hā-, “this”) and perhaps Biblical Hebrew הַ(נ)־ (ha(n)-, definite article).
Pronunciation
Adjective
annûm (feminine annītum, masculine plural annûtum, feminine plural anniātum, predicative anni) (from Old Akkadian on)
- this, these
𒈪𒉡𒌝 𒊭𒉺𒊒𒌝 𒀭𒉡𒌝 𒊭 𒋫𒀸𒁍𒊑𒅎- [mīnum šapārum annûm ša tašpurīm]
- mi-nu-um ša-pa-ru-um an-nu-um ša ta-aš-pu-ri-im
- What is this message you (f) sent me?
𒀀𒉌𒀀𒌈 𒀀𒈾 𒉌𒉌 𒁕𒄠𒂵- [anniātum ana ilī damqā]
- a-ni-a-tum a-na i₃-li₂ da-am-qa₂
- Are these (acts) pleasing to the gods?
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒉈 (NE) (Standard/Neo-Babylonian)
- 𒋀 (ŠEŠ)
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- 𒀭𒉡𒌝 (an-nu-um)
- 𒀭𒉡𒌑 (an-nu-u₂)
- 𒀀𒉡𒌈 (a-nu-tum) (plural)
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References
- “annû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “annû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns